Ilka Feller

Staff Profile

Scientist Emeritus

Research Labs

Animal-Plant Interaction

felleri@si.edu

Expert Areas

animal plant interactions

aquatic ecosystems

biodiversity

ecology

ecosystems

global change

herbivores

insects

mangroves

nutrient pollution

plant ecology

pollution

Biography
Publications

Biography

B.A., University of North Carolina, Greensboro (Biology, 1969)/ Ph.D., Georgetown University (Ecology, 1993) Research interest in insect ecology, animal-plant interactions, mangrove ecology

Publications

Dangremond, Emily M., Simpson, Loraé T., Osborne, Todd Z. and Feller, Ilka C. (2020). Nitrogen Enrichment Accelerates Mangrove Range Expansion in the Temperate–Tropical Ecotone . Ecosystems, 23 (4) , 703-714. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00441-2
DeYoe, Hudson, Lonard, Robert I., Judd, Frank W., Stalter, Richard and Feller, Ilka C. (2020). Biological Flora of the Tropical and Subtropical Intertidal Zone: Literature Review for Rhizophora mangle L.. Journal of Coastal Research, 36 (4) , 857-884. https://doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-19-00088.1
Friess, Daniel A., Yando, Erik S., Abuchahla, Guilherme M. O., Adams, Janine B., Cannicci, Stefano, Canty, Steven W. J., Cavanaugh, Kyle C., Connolly, Rod M., Cormier, Nicole, Dahdouh-Guebas, Farid, Diele, Karen, Feller, Ilka C., Fratini, Sara, Jennerjahn, Tim C., Lee, Shing Yip, Ogurcak, Danielle E., Ouyang, Xiaoguang, Rogers, Kerrylee, Rowntree, Jennifer K., Sharma, Sahadev, Sloey, Taylor M. and Wee, Alison K. S. (2020). Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now . Current Biology, 30 (4) , R153-R154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.12.054
Gilby, Ben L., Weinstein, Michael P., Baker, Ronald, Cebrian, Just, Alford, Scott B., Chelsky, Ariella, Colombano, Denise, Connolly, Rod M., Currin, Carolyn A., Feller, Ilka C., Frank, Alyssa, Goeke, Janelle A., Goodridge Gaines, Lucy A., Hardcastle, Felicity E., Henderson, Christopher J., Martin, Charles W., McDonald, Ashley E., Morrison, Blair H., Olds, Andrew D., Rehage, Jennifer S., Waltham, Nathan J. and Ziegler, Shelby L. (2020). Human Actions Alter Tidal Marsh Seascapes and the Provision of Ecosystem Services. Estuaries and Coasts, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00830-0
Hayes, Matthew A., Shor, Audrey C., Jesse, Amber, Miller, Christopher, Kennedy, John Paul and Feller, Ilka. (2020). The role of glycine betaine in range expansions; protecting mangroves against extreme freeze events . Journal of Ecology, 108 (1) , 61-69. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13243
Kauffman, J. Boone, Adame, Maria Fernanda, Arifanti, Virni Budi, Schile-Beers, Lisa M., Bernardino, Angelo F., Bhomia, Rupesh K., Donato, Daniel C., Feller, Ilka C., Ferreira, Tiago O., Jesus Garcia, Maria del Carmen, MacKenzie, Richard A., Megonigal, J. Patrick, Murdiyarso, Daniel, Simpson, Lorae and Hernandez Trejo, Humberto. (2020). Total ecosystem carbon stocks of mangroves across broad global environmental and physical gradients . Ecological Monographs, , Article e01405. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1405
Kennedy, John Paul, Preziosi, Richard F., Rowntree, Jennifer K. and Feller, Ilka C. (2020). Is the central-marginal hypothesis a general rule? Evidence from three distributions of an expanding mangrove species, Avicennia germinans (L.) L . Molecular ecology, 29 (4) , 704-719. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15365
Osland, Michael J., Day, Richard H., Hall, Courtney T., Feher, Laura C., Armitage, Anna R., Cebrian, Just, Dunton, Kenneth H., Hughes, A. R., Kaplan, David A., Langston, Amy K., Macy, Aaron, Weaver, Carolyn A., Anderson, Gordon H., Cummins, Karen, Feller, Ilka C. and Snyder, Caitlin M. (2020). Temperature thresholds for black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) freeze damage, mortality and recovery in North America: Refining tipping points for range expansion in a warming climate . Journal of Ecology, 108 (2) , 654-665. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13285
Simpson, Lorae T., Cherry, Julia A., Smith, Rachel S. and Feller, Ilka C. (2020). Mangrove Encroachment Alters Decomposition Rate in Saltmarsh Through Changes in Litter Quality . Ecosystems, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-020-00554-z
Simpson, Lorae T., Lovelock, Catherine E., Cherry, Julia A. and Feller, Ilka C. (2020). Short-lived effects of nutrient enrichment on Avicennia germinans decomposition in a saltmarsh-mangrove ecotone. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 235 , 106598-106598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106598
Cavanaugh, Kyle C., Dangremond, Emily M., Doughty, Cheryl L., Williams, A. Park, Parker, John D., Hayes, Matthew A., Rodriguez, Wilfrid and Feller, Ilka C. (2019). Climate-driven regime shifts in a mangrove-salt marsh ecotone over the past 250 years . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116 (43) , 21602-21608. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1902181116
Coldren, Glenn A., Langley, J. Adam, Feller, Ilka C. and Chapman, Samantha K. (2019). Warming accelerates mangrove expansion and surface elevation gain in a subtropical wetland. Journal of Ecology, 107 (1) , 79-90. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13049
Simpson, L. T., Osborne, T. Z. and Feller, Ilka C. (2019). Wetland Soil CO2 Efflux Along a Latitudinal Gradient of Spatial and Temporal Complexity . Estuaries and Coasts, 42 (1) , 45-54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-018-0442-3
Simpson, L. T., Stein, C. M., Osborne, T. Z. and Feller, Ilka C. (2019). Mangroves dramatically increase carbon storage after 3 years of encroachment. Hydrobiologia, 834 (1) , 13-26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-019-3905-z
Smith, Rachel S., Osborne, Todd Z., Feller, Ilka C. and Byers, James E. (2019). Detrital traits affect substitutability of a range‐expanding foundation species across latitude . Oikos, 128 (9) , 1367-1380. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.06149

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Understanding Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future

Ilka Feller

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